Socially assistive robots provide assistance to people through social rather than physical interactions [1]}. Some socially assistive robots (SARs) are already commercially available and have been shown to have positive effects. For example, after using the robot Paro, a pet like companion robot which is designed to look and behave like a baby seal, nursing home patients were more active and social with those around them [2]}. SARs have already been used for education, weight loss, autism spectrum disorder, dementia, and stroke rehabilitation [3]}.
